Reversing gas-engine.



D. SGELEGEL. RBVEBSING GAS ENGINE. APFLIGLTIOH FILED HAB. 10, 1909.

Patntm July 19, E910@ Y1/wanton (iltmwuaf mn STATES PATENT omiioe.`

TIELTKTCHLEGELQ DRYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.'

Renommeess-ENGINE.

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ieel on the etaient. es inditltie drive n length, ion tliereol', 'whichis e eilgine elle-ift B, will be ifod rection or the other according cron forward or backward; Vjortion d thereof, which car- Wlieei operatingthe com to loe rotated always in one t either 4with the main por sooftin reverse direction.

v 'sigeecieetlon or Letters Patent. polie-lotion. filed Morell' 10,1909. Serial No. isi-92.

Patented J uly i9, 1910a To. rovide :for thus driving the cam shaft uniormly from reverse rotations of the en gine, ll fix the gear wheel 6 tothe portiond of the drive shaft, bot provide on the latter o loosebevelgeer 8 arranged in gear through a' suitably mounted idler 97 witha, bevel geen 10 xed to the outer end of the main drive sho-tt portionl); and I arrange l to drive the Shaft portion d (with its fixed gear 6)eitherin the same direction as the main drive shet D or in reversedirection, as desired, by employing e, rotary clutch slee-ve il. on tileslioft portion d, adopted bo be thrown into .engagement either with thebevel gear l0 or with the bevel gear SL 'When' the clutch is inengagement 'with gear i0, the shaft portion if (with its ixcd gea/r 6)will be rotated directly and in the same direction :is the mein portionD, the' gear S being then rototed, loosely by the idler 9; while whenthe clutch is thrown into engagement .with the gear 8 so to fix saidgeen theshei't portion d, the letter will be rotetedindireetly and inreversedirectiorfroifxi the main portion Thus the comoV shaft C will berotated in v.the seme drection, end the connected mechanisms operated inthe sefn'il times, whichever Way the engine is run,`,`the clutch sleeve11 being merely moved to provide for :1. reversal of the engine. If theignition point is not 'timed to occur at the end of the piston movement,proper adjustment eenv be readily mede.'

What I claim is- Ina, ges engine having a crank shaft-with a bevel gearxcd thereto, and o, parallel com .eliacit with a bevel gear fixedthereto, a reversing drive mechanism comprising a drive shaft D providedet opposite ende with lieve?. gears 5 and G arranged in mesh irene"spectively with said `crank elmtend com shaft gears', and intermedietclywith a. clutch mechanism whereby said bevel gear 6 is adapted to bealways rotated in the Sonie direction by either forward or backwardrotation of the' crank substantially es set forth.

In testimony whereof, I oix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses. .l DA HEL SCHLEGEL. Witnesses:

VnsTA I. `V SCHADE, SARAH BmN'rzENHoFF.

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